Surety Bonds for Credit Managers: What They Do, What They Don’t, and How to Use Them Wisely

About the webinar:

Join us as we welcome Antje Seiffert-Murphy, CFA for a practical, plain-language overview of surety bonds and where they fit in the broader risk-mitigation toolkit. It will explain what a surety bond is, the parties involved, and how responsibility and protection are divided among them. It will also cover the bond types B2B credit teams are most likely to encounter and when a bond can genuinely strengthen a creditor’s position versus when it offers only limited protection.

The webinar will also look at the mechanics behind bond underwriting, what a bond’s strength really tells you, and what it does not. Attendees will learn the basics of making a claim, including timing, notice requirements, documentation, and common errors that can weaken recovery efforts. And finally, a review of red flags in bond language or project setup and a practical comparison of surety bonds with letters of credit, guarantees, liens, and credit insurance.

About the speakers:

Antje Seiffert-Murphy, CFA

Antje is presently working for Hannover Re US as market representative covering trade credit, surety and political risk. Antje has wide experience in trade credit, political risk and surety underwriting, and has worked across numerous industries and countries. Her knowledge in both primary and reinsurance trade credit underwriting extends from her time as a reinsurance underwriter in Hannover, Germany, and primary risk underwriting capacities in New York.